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Wedding Hall Collapses in Jerusalem
Date: May 24, 2001
Description:

An over-crowded wedding reception hall collapsed Thursday night in Jerusalem, killing at least 25 people and injuring 250.
Links:

CNN: Wedding hall collapses in Jerusalem; 25 dead, 250 hurt

CNN: Amateur video shows wedding horror

CNN: Search for wedding hall survivors ends; owners, contractors arrested

ABC News: 'People Are Dying Here'

BBC: Death toll mounts in Jerusalem collapse

BBC: Video reveals Israel wedding horror

BBC: Nine held over building collapse

BBC: Israeli press sees 'rot and pathos'

BBC: Wedding survivors recall night of horror

BBC: Wedding tragedy: Mayor under fire

CBC: Collapsed Israeli building based on banned design

New York Tiems: Israeli Hall Collapses; 25 Dead, Scores Injured

ENR: 25 Die in Jerusalem Hall Collapse

ENR: Israel Orders Government Probe of Deadly Banquet Hall Collapse

jpost: Removal of walls at Versailles not a factor

jpost: Government establishes building-safety commission

jpost: Jerusalem ignored order to check Pal-Kal floors

World Socialist Web Site: Israeli government launches inquiry into worst-ever civil disaster

AP via Yahoo!: 9 Indicted in Israel Hall Collapse

AP via FindLaw: 9 Indicted in Israel Hall Collapse

Ha`aretz: State panel recommends a ban on Pal-Kal ceiling construction

Ha`aretz: State commission: Pal-Kal construction technique unsafe